This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There are various opportunities for colleges, foundations, policymakers, communities, and philanthropists to help increase the rates of single mothers graduating from college. • The authors note…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen reports on the shift in sanitation measures in Nigeria, from providing toilets and clean water (which wasn’t scratching the surface) to influencing the government…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Efosa Ojomo shares three lessons learned from 10 years of work at Poverty Stops Here to help others make a bigger impact for poverty alleviation. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Independent Sector profiles the United Way of Greenville County and interviews Meghan Barp, President and CEO of the organization, to demonstrate how the organization best…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tammy Tibbetts, writing for Medium, discusses the recent decision for charity: water to start accepting Uber stock as a way to pay for employee bonuses. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ashif Shaikh, writing for India Development Review, suggests that for social justice to happen within districts of India, organizations must involve communities and foster agency to make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Phil Buchanan, founder and president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), sheds light on how donors can derail nonprofit progress when they assume these organizations should operate “like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the freedom of the press has been enshrined in our Constitution for over 225 years, the press has never been free from politics. After all, President John Adams signed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Skoll World Forum is a conference that brought together philanthropists and entrepreneurs to collaborate on social problem-solving. The panel discussions led to a deeper dive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An excerpt from the April 2019 issue of Leap Update by Mario Morino and Lowell Weiss. Over the coming months, we’ll unpack “Five Habits of Highly Effective Funders.” Last month, we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Aruna D’Souza, writing for Medium, explores the importance of transparency in philanthropic foundations. • How are foundations making a concerned effort to be more transparent? •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Fast Company, author Ben Paynter discusses how the richest people in the world are deterred from placing “big bets” on causes because…